Originally Posted by
JohnBuckner
Other activity motivated forms of flying that I forgot and ones that pretty well rule out any form of tray and fingertip flying are ones where hand launching by the pilot is the norm and that would include many types of gliders and even more specific would be what are know as hand launch gliders and with these the norm is for the pilot to do either a javelin or discus launch while holding the transmitter in his opposite hand.
Also in this category are many types of what are known as, 'Old Timers' Its quite common here to for the pilot do hand launch while holding the transmitter in an opposite hand.
John
Hmm I had just the opposite experience. I am pretty much a died in the wool thumbs flyer but found that using a tray when self launching large gliders on windy sites made it much safer. I did try using just the neckstrap and that helped but I still kinked a couple of aerials and on one memorable occasion neatly removed all but the base section.